ARRANGEMENTS FOR RAILWAY TRIP TO BRISBANE.
(By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) Received May 18, 9.38 a.m. SYDNEY, May 18. The Royal .train, which consissts of the Governor-General's State car, Commissioners' special inspection car. dining car, two Pulmans, and a comI posite sleeping carriage, are all hand- j somely upholstered. Extraordinary precautions hare been taken against any possible mishap or delay, and a patrol is maintained over the entire distance of 862 miles between Aubury and .the Queensland border. All goods trains preceding the -Royal train will be shunted 'to the sidings, and no shtinting will be allowed on the lines adjoining that-.oij which the Royal party passes. The ftoyal party, it is expected, will reach- Brisbane at noon on Monday. It ip understood .that the Ophir and the cruisers Juno and St. George will be docked and painted while in Sydney.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10342, 18 May 1901, Page 2
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